Wgu C168 Critical Thinking Exam Questions And Answers 100% Solved

Wgu C168 Critical Thinking Exam Questions And Answers 100% Solved Fallacies of Presumption - answerComplex question Begging the question Suppressed evidence False Dichotomy - More choices are possible. Fallacies of Relavance - answerAppeal to emotion Red Herring Straw Person - distorted argument Argument against a person - Indirect Abusive Circumstantial Tu Quoque(you too) Fallacies of Ambiguity - answerAmphiboly - word has more than one meaning. Equivocation - change of meaning in the argument. Division - Whole does not equal parts. Composition - Parts do not equal whole. Section 1 - answer The facts available to support a conclusion. - answerEvidence Statements based on factual research that are subject to forms of verification, but do not require critical thought. - answerObjective statements The statement in an argument that we claim is implied by the argument's premises. - answerConclusion A set of statements containing at least one premise and a conclusion. - answerArgument A logical and systematic approach to thinking about something. - answerReasoning A method of approaching a problem or decision that entails systematically evaluating arguments and reasoning. - answerCritical thinking The act of examining one's thoughts, feelings and motives. - answerSelf-reflection A process performed according to a plan; Methodical. - answerSystematic The set of accepted assumptions upon which an argument is built. - answerPremises An argument that is based on poor reasoning. - answerFallacy Section 2 - answer A grammatical unit composed of words that form a complete thought. - answerSentence An argument whose conclusion follows conclusively from its premises. This depends on the argument's form. - answerValid A set of statements that do not contain supporting statements, and therefore they do not express reasoning. - answerNon-arguments A word that can signal whether a sentence is a premise or a conclusion. - answerInference indicator A logical approach to thinking about something that appeals to reasons and justification. - answerReasoning An argument that is both factually correct and valid. This depends on both its content and form. - answerSound An approach that uses certain information to reach a conclusion about what probably occurred, or to reach a conclusion about what is expected to occur. - answerInductive reasoning An approach to reasoning which attempts to draw a conclusion that cannot be false if all the premises are true. - answerDeductive reasoning A sentence that is either true or false. - answerStatement Words that do not have a fixed reference, but instead whose reference varies depending on the context in which they are spoken. - answerIndexicals A set of statements containing at least one premise and a conclusion. - answerArgument The circumstances for a statement or idea that determine its truthfulness. - answerContext A statement, or set of statements, that is merely intended to convey information; an example of an unsupported statement. - answerReport A clarifying instance or example that shows how something is used, how it works, or what it means; an example of an unsupported statement. - answerIllustration A set of statements intended to draw a picture in the mind of a listener; an example of an unsupported statement. - answerDescription Statements that the conclusion of an argument depend on. - answerAssumption A pattern of deductive reasoning in which the first part of an if-then phrase is confirmed, and as a result, it follows that the consequent or 'then' statement is also confirmed. - answerModus ponens A pattern of deductive reasoning in which the consequent, or second part of an if-then phrase in negated, and as a result, it follows that the antecedent or 'if' statement is false as well. - answerModus tollens In an 'if-then' statement, the phrase that follows from the first part of the statement. - answerConsequent In an 'if-then' statement, the phrase that is prefaced with 'if'. - answerAntecedent An incorrectly formatted chain argument that does not link a statement to the conclusion. - answerBroken Chain fallacy A pattern of two events occurring around the same time. This pattern can be coincidental, and happen by chance, or causal, when one event causes the other event to occur. - answerCorrelation A fallacy in which the writer bases a claim that one thing is caused by another based on the occurrence of one thing after another. - answerPost hoc fallacy Section 3 - answer A mistake in the reasoning expressed in an argument. - answerFallacy Fallacies whereby an argument has premises that are not relevant to the conclusion being drawn. - answerFallacies of relevance Fallacies that occur when an arguer makes an unwarranted assumption. - answerFallacies of presumption Fallacies that use multiple meanings of the same word or phrase within the same argument. - answerFallacies of Ambiguity Fallacies that occur when an arguer attempts to confuse or illicitly transfer the phrases or words which occur in the premises of the argument to the conclusion of the argument. - answerFallacies of Grammatical Analogy